Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-02-26

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pA16g0oe1e tompefomeut 6ho hardly tells
hoe love. yee We know by suggssetCn. infer:
49, end symPeahy the devotion Of her soul
bursSs q her affection . juliet doe, but We
know her love u just - deep and lssting
though probably mot = .pas:tonete g tne
impulslve and tiery Juitst'A she IKE Juliet
prossssed BY the Idol Of her soul; for how
QUICK she n TO attribute his estfangemens
from end shameful treatment Of her 70 his
"overthrown reason," which she compares
10 WsWoet bells tangled out OF tune and
harsh" Her sorrow, too, Ia o. speechless o.
h0r love for when her reason fails through
tho dissase Of grief, snatches Of song, not
phrases Of her own, utter her broken memo
fies and her distracted sadDesA
How different are the manifestations of
love evlncod by the ambitious and sensual
Cleopatra Love does not come 70 her "like
summer sigh, softly DER her Stealing" II
comes 70 her like 2 mighty rushing blast
fury Of passion. She is q terrible type Of i'm.
passioned womanhood. Daughter Of the
Ptolemiee, queen Of mystic Egypt, with the
rich genius Of Greece and the hot blood OF
Africa, II was meet that her lovers should be
masters Of the world. 1t required the genius
Of Shakespeare to properly reproduce such .
character, and fully develop that mighty pas
sion OF love - embodied in her, aud by
Shakespeare only could 1t have been done
poetry or purity, ~ man ifested In the undi4.
nined Cressida ! hinted before that love In
| women 10 . pure and lasting sentiment
This In true as q rule But this rule has its
exceptions for there are classes OF women
In whom love becomes passion Of the lowest
sensuouA nature. Such an exception to this
rule II Cressida. She Is one OF those crea
tions Of Shakespeare which he produced
simply because truth and reality compelled
| him to show human nature in its worst y,
i Th0nRh
interesting, yet We doubt the propriety o
enlarging on this character.
| And 30 We might go on citing instance
after instance, bringing up character ate
| character to show how miuu.ely and accu
rately Shakespeare has analy Esd aud devel
| oped love in women in its many forms an,
manifestations 1t would be interesting Z
refer to the stately Olivia, who spurns tn
heart to q skipping boy, because the latte
| pleases her fancy while the chivalrous duk
does not to the wifely devotion OF Desdt
} mona to the jealous Moor to the much
, wronged but ever trustful Imogen, who love
| her husband despite the foul and degradin
trial to which he subjects her truth to tn
innocent and POLITICALLY unsophisticated NJ
| randa to whom love comes like the gode
sunlight after the summer storm. But tim
| and space forbid so pleasant task.
In conclusion would add that the stud
of Shakespeare should be near aud dear
every mans and woman's heart Shak
| speare and the Bible should lie side by sid
} on the family altar. The latter to teach no
to live godly, noble and virtuous life : th
former to show the beauty and necessity I
such an existence. 1t Shakespeare wei
J. | more thoroughly and universally studied
! all classes OF people, men would begin to III
. derstand and appreciate better and moi
. fully the richness, deepnsss, purity, al
| grandeur OF true woman's love, and woul
{ guard more scrupulously and prize mo
1 sacredly this precious boon woman wou
1 see the beauty, loftiness, and sublimity Of
chaste, honest, and true love, and wou
i lavish such an affection only upon . pu
d | and worthy man. As a natural result co
9 nubial felicity would become the rule l
> stead OF the exception, and the marris
II state would more universally preserve
ID | purity and holiness. Nor Is this ALL Nj
10 would love and worship nature. He wou
?, be lifted into higher and loftier sphere
d existence. he would broaden out from &
n narrow.minded pessimist into the high
1t cultured optimist, and would A" find tongu
70 in trees books In the running brooks, .,
At mons in stones, and good In everything"
al JERRY CRCSCHER